CVE-2019-19252
vcs_write in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.13 does not prevent write access to vcsu devices, aka CID-0c9acb1af77a.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
vcs_write in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.13 does not prevent write access to vcsu devices, aka CID-0c9acb1af77a.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?h=tty-testing&id=0c9acb1af77a3cb8707e43f45b72c95266903ceePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c30fc539-68a8-65d7-226c-6f8e6fd8bdfb%40suse.com/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?h=tty-testing&id=0c9acb1af77a3cb8707e43f45b72c95266903ceePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c30fc539-68a8-65d7-226c-6f8e6fd8bdfb%40suse.com/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.